South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-10-07
Homo Gossip.

ShnS, A'H's So'SH W oNc no cosutuuS.
Deputy Sheriff A. G. Slonaker
made Us pleasant call Tuesday.
Mr. I. II. G. Pancake is in Bslti-
more.
Hiss Ada Polling spent Monday
afternoon at hanging Rock.
WIN. Hass, ESQ.,. Of Okonokc, was
in to see US Tuesday.
Mrs. Wm. +. Davis, who has been
i'll from typhoid fever, is GONZALES
cent.
Messrs. VIM. Russell and Sum.
me,field Taylor took the afternoon
train for Baltimore Monday.
DR.. Workman. " Springfield, made
professional visit to Romney Sat-
urday.
MIR. and Mrs. WIN J. Armstrong,
arc the guests of their uncle, Judge
James ID. Armstrong.
We had u pleasant call from Mr.
Thomas Seaman, OF Three Churches,
Friday.
Among the visitors to our Office
Saturday. was Mr.. Solomon Ruck-
man, Of Ruckman, this county.
The colored school in this place
was opened Monday by Prof. j. ID.
Anderson, n graduate OF Storer Col.
lege. Harper's Ferry.
Mr.. John Earles. agel 93 years,
died Of his residence in the Grassy
Lick pe'ghbo!hood en- Saturday, the
"a b ullimo.
Mrs. Maria Rees, of Mineral, who
has been visiting her daughter. Mrs.
Ellen Pancake, OF this vicinity, re.
turned home last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Nj. Mytinyer re-
turned from Culpepper county. Va,
where t.ey have been visiting rela.
tives and friends for several weeks,
On Monday.
Mr.. Hatcher and Miss Ada Sum.
merville were married in MOorefi cid
Tuesday, and passed through here
the same day, on the way 10 their
home al White Pos, We.
Miss Antiselle, of Middletown,
Maryland. spent Monday night ut
Mr.. James SLeetz' on her way TO
Moorefel6 10 visit her friend, Mrs.
A. NJ. Inskeep.
Mere existence was pleasure Sal
'uriay and sunday. provided one were
in the open air. Such beautiful
weather as we bad during those two
days is rarely seen in this section.
Shade. of Ainswor,b, defend US
The Shepherds,owD, Register was
forty years old lew weeks ago and
a Marlinsburg PAPER. in deaf ear
nest, congraiulales it upon lis Sc
Mill y"
Don't order the postmaster to marx
your paper refused and send il back
if you owe The publisher anything.
he latest United States newspaper
laws make such a pro ceeding ra;her
risky.
Messrs. Miller and SIrovier, reps
resenting the St.Louis Wrough, Iron
Range Co. who are now canvassiDg
his county, have already sold a
large number of Ranges, and report
business booming. See adj. in anoth.
er column.
Road superintendent John A.
Smith is having bridge built over
Town Hill Run, mile west OF this
place. This will be great imprt We.
ment when finished, as the place
where the pike crosses the stream IL
dangerous at oil times, but pariicu
larly SO in tue winter.
Mr.. VIM. HannasJ Of this place,
while hauling water from the river on
Thursday of last week. was knocke ell
down and severely injured by bar
rel which he had just filed rolling
gu, Of the wagon and falling against
him. lie was conGUed TO his house
for several days, but Is now able 10
be about again.
It's strange what excuses lazy PEG,
Pc will fad for shrk ing work.
Last week We tried To get Doctor
Spangier 10 take down the evidence
IN the Offner murder trial, hut he de
Clined, saying that lie 'didsnot like
To- he the means OF having such stuff
published But he wasn't too pure
70 I've stuck around the Court House
nearly all the time, sucking IL all in
just the same. When IL came TO the
work Of writing out tbe testimony
however, he was just too Coustitu.
tionaily lazy to do IL.
One would think, 10y reading the
Moore6e!d Examiner, the Petersburg
Gazette and the Franklin News. thai
the people who live in parts Of Hardy
Grant and Pendleton counties re-
mote from the county seats Lave
nothing TO do but sit around in tho
jack oaks and swap snake lies. Fear
ful anil wonderful certainly are the
tales sent the papers named by their
country correspondents. and serpents
as bi2 "a -four barrels and as long as
from here 20 the barn, are represent
ed as sw ,llowing all sorts OF objects
that arc generally considered rather
difficult at degIutition. from yearling
cattle Ia eight day clocks. Surely,
sOmr or he offspring Of the Father OF
Liars src tusticating UP in that Sec
lluu-